Weekly Freebies: R. AE Kaplan

Posted by: Gil Student in Freebies, Legacy Aug 25, 12 9 Comments

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R. Avraham Eliyahu Kaplan was the brilliant, Telz-trained dean of the Hildesheimer Institute who died prematurely at the age of 34 in 1924. R. Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer wrote the following essay about R. Kaplan, describing his life and radical thoughts: link. The AishDas website contains links to a number of items related to R. Kaplan, including some essays, poems and music: link.

Specifically, R. Kaplan’s essays:

About Gil Student

Rabbi Gil Student is the Editor of TorahMusings.com, a leading website on Orthodox Jewish scholarly subjects, and the Book Editor of the Orthodox Union’s Jewish Action magazine. He writes a popular column on issues of Jewish law and thought featured in newspapers and magazines, including The Jewish Link, The Jewish Echo and The Vues. In the past, he has served as the President of the small Jewish publisher Yashar Books and as the Managing Editor of OU Press. Rabbi Student has served two terms on the Executive Committee of the Rabbinical Council of America and currently serves as the Director of the Halacha Commission of the Rabbinical Alliance of America. He serves on the Editorial Boards of Jewish Action magazine, the Journal of Halacha and Contemporary Society and the Achieve Journal of Behavioral Health, Religion & Community, as well as the Board of OU Press. He has published five English books, the most recent titled Search Engine volume 2: Finding Meaning in Jewish Texts -- Jewish Leadership, and served as the American editor for Morasha Kehillat Yaakov: Essays in Honour of Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks.

9 comments

  1. YU Talmid
    Aug 26, 12 at 9:22 am

    I notice that RYGB thanks Prof. Kaplan at the end of his essay. Does that imply that Prof. Kaplan is a descendant of R. Kaplan?

  2. Lawrence Kaplan
    Aug 26, 12 at 9:28 am

    I am not a descendant of Rav A. E. Kaplan, just a great admirer of his. Glad to see his writings are available online.

  3. Avrohom
    Aug 26, 12 at 8:39 pm

    It would be great if Prof Kaplan could translate beikvos hayirah….its difficult language but would benefit a lot of people

  4. Lawrence Kaplan
    Aug 26, 12 at 10:04 pm

    Avrohom: Actually, I’ve considered it.

  5. Avrohom
    Aug 27, 12 at 1:15 am

    Well if I can help in pushing you, will gladly oblige. I’ve read a few parts of the sefer but find the language very difficult and am sure many other people find the same. The content though is remarkable.

  6. Lawrence Kaplan
    Aug 28, 12 at 10:41 am

    Avrohom: Contact me at [email protected]

  7. Chanokh
    Aug 29, 12 at 6:53 am

    I second Avrohom.

  8. Anonymous
    Sep 6, 12 at 8:44 pm

    By the way, here’s a short biography on Rabbi Kaplan: http://www.artscroll.com/images/insides/gjlh-7.html#view-link

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